U2's 2009-2010 World Tour Announced

MUSIC NEWS - U2360 (for a short time called the Kiss the Future Tour), U2's 2009-2010 world tour to promote their new "No Line on the Horizon" release (buy cd here) will play stadiums around the world, starting on June 30 in the Nou Camp Stadium in Barcelona, Spain. (initial itinerary below the break)

The long tour will cover the globe until 2010, having U2 visit Europe through August 22. U2 360° will visit 14 cities across Europe including dates in Milan, Gothenburg, Amsterdam, Paris, Nice, Dublin, Chorzow, Berlin, Gelsenkirchen, London, Sheffield and Glasgow before finishing at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on August 22, after the Barcelona tour opener, then arrive in the US for their first North American gig (September 12) at Soldier Field in Chicago, IL. They stay in the US/Canada until October 28 for a total of 45 shows this year (returning to the USA in June & July of 2010). They will visit other cities around the world thru the fall of 2010, hitting Europ in August and September 2010. The run then is tentatively scheduled for South America in the fall of 2010, for a possible total of 90-100 shows over the next two years! Several groups will be the openers, at various shows, including Glasvegas, Elbow, Kaiser Chiefs, Snow Patrol and Black Eyed Peas.

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They've previous played arenas in North America and stadiums everywhere else on prior tours, but have booked all stadiums on this huge run. The shows will see the band playing "in the round", at the centre of the stadiums with the audience around them and will feature a cylindrical video screen. “This is going to be completely different, and that’s what makes it exciting -- finding something new to bring to the touring culture,” said the Edge to Billlboard Magazine. “It’s hard to come up with something that’s fundamentally different, but we have, I think, on this tour. Where we’re taking our production will never have been seen before by anybody, and that’s an amazing thing to be able to say. For a band like U2 that really thrive on breaking new ground, it’s a real thrill.”

Under this, their first of a 12 year multi-rights deal with Live Nation, tickets will go on-sale for Europe in mid-March, and North American tix available in late March thru early April at $250, $90-$95 and, depending on the city; $55 and $30 (10,000 at the low price for each gig). U2 will also revive their random upgrade program first used on their Elevation tour in 2001; lucky fans purchasing general admission tickets will be moved closest to the stage !

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UPDATE 10/25/09- 2010 North American tour dates announced, read here.

UPDATE 3/29/09 - U2 has announced second nites at Giant Stadium/NJ (New York City area), Boston area and Chicago. They also confirmed additional dates for September and October, including Washington, DC; Charlottesville, VA; Atlanta; Tampa, FL; Pasadena, CA; and Vancouver British Columbia. Tickets for all but the Charlottesville show go on sale next Monday (4/6), while Charlottesville goes on sale this Friday (4/3). U2 also announced several of the opening acts that will be on the bill - Snow Patrol will open the Chicago and Boston-area shows; Muse will open the NYC-area gigs; and The Black Eyed Peas have signed on for the just-confirmed Pasadena date.

U2 June thru September2009 tour dates-

30 June 2009	Camp Nou	Barcelona		ES
07 July 2009	San Siro	Milan		IT
11 July 2009	Stade De France	Paris		FR
15 July 2009	Parc des Sports Charles Ehrmann	Nice		FR
18 July 2009	Olympic Stadium	Berlin		DE
20 July 2009	Arena	Amsterdam		NL
24 July 2009	Croke Park	Dublin		IE
31 July 2009	Ullevi Stadium	Gothenburg		SE
06 August 2009	Slaski Stadium	Chorzow		PL
10 August 2009	Stadium Makimir	Zagreb		HR
14 August 2009	Wembley Stadium	London		GB
18 August 2009	Hampden Park	Glasgow		GB
20 August 2009	Don Valley Stadium	Sheffield		GB
22 August 2009	Millenium Stadium	Cardiff	Wal.	GB
12 September 2009	Soldier Field	Chicago	IL	US
16 September 2009	Rogers Centre	Toronto	ON	CA
20 September 2009	Gilette Stadium	Boston	MA	US
24 September 2009	Giants Stadium	E Rutherford	NJ	US